1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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